HSBC BUY-TO-LET GUIDE TO THE UK MARKET
2016-03-27
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The news comes amid an intense tariff war between Beijing and Washington.
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The unstable pound has contrived to aid the property market after Brexit, as overseas investors have made an ever-increasing number of overtures and investments in British property.
Rising demand and a lack of new homes coming to the market for sale will keep an upward pressure on house prices in the near term, especially in the more affordable parts of the UK. Liverpool city has annual growth running at a 15-year high.
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annual rate of less than 2% in July 2021 to 12.3% today. The average rent increased by £115 per month since last year.